[wil421]

Google will do nothing. I’ve tried for over a decade to get a fake city removed from Google Maps. I’m making the name up but imagine you have a neighborhood near you called Northfield. When google maps started someone from the neighborhood thought it would be great to make up city with the same name.

No amount of complaining will remove it. It only exists on Google maps, not on Apple Maps, Waze, Openstreet, or the various garmin/navitronics outdoor/boating navigation apps I have.

[Larrikin]

If this is a true story about a fake city, why use a fake name instead of calling attention to the real issue?

[wil421]

It’s too close to my home for comfort. You can probably guess metro area where I live based on comments but not within a couple miles.

[takinola]

My understanding is these are called Paper Towns. Map makers add them as a way to identify when their copyright is being violated by others coping the maps wholesale.